| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |